“I also blame some of the old timers who won’t take the time to help the younger drivers.”
On the other hand, you have the newbies who refuse to listen to the experienced drivers.
Seen that too.
As for dispatchers.. “It’s only that far apart on the map! Why can’t you get there in five minutes?!”
“That far apart” turns out to be a two hour drive, and dispatch can’t comprehend this.
Schneider east coast tier did one better, they sent a guy out my way behind the wheel without a CDL.
He was bragging about it, when asked how he got here without hitting the DOT stop he stated that he heard where they were and bypassed the locations.
Plausible in my immediate location.
I just hope he was pulling my leg.
But, seeing some of the things happening, I’m not sure.
Had an “Outwest” driver looking for the Walmart terminal show up at my exit, she backed up just out of sight before flying down the driveway for the third time.
“The cops told me you have to let me in!” she said.
Wally world has their terminal over by the local yellow freight terminal, about ten miles away.
And she refused to listen to me about it.
So she conjured phantom cops to try and enter my truckyard.
Stay safe out there, it’s only going to get worse before there is an improvement.
“On the other hand, you have the newbies who refuse to listen to the experienced drivers.
Seen that too.”
I had forgotten about the boneheads who INSIST they learned everything there was to know at their driving school. :(
“As for dispatchers.. “It’s only that far apart on the map! Why can’t you get there in five minutes?!”
“That far apart” turns out to be a two hour drive, and dispatch can’t comprehend this.”
I hated driving for mid-west dispatchers.
I tried to explain many times that rush hour traffic on the east coast stretched from Boston, MA to Richmond, Va. and on Fridays it stretched into NC.
They couldn’t comprehend it.
They figured once past NYC it was open highway.
“Stay safe out there, it’s only going to get worse before there is an improvement.”
Stay safe yourself.
The gov and trucking companies are creating a perfect storm that blows ill.